21 year old University of Lagos student Obabiyi Aisha Ajibola, beat 19 other
beauty hopefuls to emerge Muslimah Queen 2013. Ajibola won the exclusive
beauty pageant for Muslim women which took place today Wednesday
September 18th in Jakarta, Indonesia. She received 25 million rupiah ($2,200)
and trips to Mecca and India as prizes.
The contestants were all required to wear headscarves, covered from head to
foot. They were judged on their looks, how well they recited Koranic verses and
their views on Islam in the modern world, in front of an audience of mainly
religious scholars and devout Muslims
This pageant was actually staged as a retort to the Miss World pageant holding
in the same country. The organizers said they wanted to create an awareness
within the muslim female community that there is a better form of beauty than
the one being portrayed by the Miss World. They said the pageant is Islam's
answer to the glamorous Miss World Pageant. Congrats to her!
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